Bainbridge (CGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 MRS LINDA ANN POTKOVIS SEVEN MONTH DEPLOYMENTS ARE STRENUOUS ON ALL HANDS, BUT USUALLY EVEN MORE SO ON THE MARRIED SAILORS. IT IS DURING THESE LONG PERIODS AWAY FROM HOME THAT THE SHIP'S OMBUDSWOMAN PLAYS A VITAL PART IN KEEPING MORALE HIGH. MRS. LINDA POTKOVIS IS SUCH A WOMAN. MARRIED TO EMCS POTKOVIS FOR 14 YEARS, THEY TOGETHER HAVE SHARED THE BURDENS THAT ONLY 4 TOURS ABOARD NUCLEAR POWERED SHIPS CAN BRING. DURING THESE TIMES, LINDA BECAME MORE AND MORE INVOLVED WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. HER SPAN OF INTEREST RANGES FROM PAST PRESIDENT OF THE IDAHO FALLS HUMANE SOCIETY TO UMPIRING LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES. SHE IS ALSO A REGISTERED NURSE AND BEAUTICIAN. HAILING FROM EARLTON NEW YORK, MR. AND MRS. POTKOVIS ARE THE PARENTS OF TWO YOUNG SONS. FOR HER LONG AND HARD HOURS OF WORK FOR THE BAINBRIDGE FAMILIES, WE SALUTE MRS. POTS . AND BACK HO THE BAINBRIDGE WIVES CLUB MET REGULARY FOR ALL WIVES TO ATTEND. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WIVES TO GET TOGETHER FOR DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS TOPICS CONCERNING THE MODERN NAVY FAMILY. IT WAS ALSO A TIME TO PLAN FOR OUR LONG- AWAITED HOMECOMING. AS ALL WHO ATTENDED NOTICED, AN OUTSTANDING JOB WAS DONE BY THE WIVES FOR OUR ARRIVAL, AND IT MADE THE HAPPY DAY AN EVEN MORE HAPPY ONE.